Legal Opinion
Rice v. Cayetano
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 23, 2000No. 98-818PublishedCited by 189 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
A citizen of Hawaii comes before us claiming that an explicit, raee-based voting qualification has barred him from voting in a statewide election. The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, binding on the National Government, the States, and their political subdivisions, controls the ease.
The Hawaiian Constitution limits the right to vote for nine trustees chosen in a statewide election. The trustees com*499pose the governing authority of a state agency known as the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, or OHA. Haw. Const., Art. XII, § 5. The agency administers programs designed for…
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